The DVPA Newsletter | June 18, 2007 |
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THE DIGITAL VIDEO PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION (DVPA) IS A MEMBER FOCUSED ORGANIZATION FOR NEW MEDIA PROFESSIONALS THAT PROVIDES MEMBERSHIP TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED AS VISUAL COMMUNICATORS USING DIGITAL MEDIA. THE DVPA IS THE LARGEST ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO MEETING THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO USE DV TECHNOLOGY.
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Director's Note
Since NAB, I've spent a good deal of time discussing the future of content delivery with fellow media professionals. The convergence of technology has many colleagues excited and nervous. Excited because the ability to reach a broad audience is getting easier thanks to faster and more accessible broadband connections and the universal acceptance of flash video. Nervous because the industry is changing so fast that many of us don't know what technology to invest in or how to even plan for the short term-never mind the distant future.
Well, I have personally seen a new method of content delivery that shows a tremendous potential for revolutionizing the way all of us view the web. At NAB, Adobe announced the upcoming beta release of the all-new Adobe Media Player. With further hands-on experience, I have every reason to believe that Adobe is about to launch an amazing new tool that everyone from the freelance videographer to the major television broadcaster will greatly benefit.
The Adobe Media Player claims to be a better way “to deliver, monetize, brand, track and protect video content. It provides an array of video delivery options for high-quality online and offline playback, including on-demand streaming, live streaming, progressive download, and protected download-and-play.” With all this potential, you can count on the DVPA to be a part of the initial beta release. We'll begin to experiment with content deliver and will need your feedback. If you want to read more, download the PDF from Adobe.
As always, the DVPA remains as committed as ever to helping members work faster, be more creative, and save money.
Hang tight...more great things are still to come!
Benjamin Weeks
President/Director of Operations
benjamin@dvpa.com
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| The Zylight Z90 |
The Future of Lighting.............................Today |
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Zylight's intelligent Z50 and Z90 feature switchable Tungsten/Daylight output and colors too, all without gels or filters. And built-in wireless control lets you build a soft LED source as large as you need...(read more) |
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3D Arsenal
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Video Editors Can Now Create Complex Animations Without A Degree In Physics!
3D Arsenal™ is an integrated software solution designed specifically to meet the needs of the video editor for the creation of 3D animation. Based upon award winning 3D technology from NewTek, 3D Arsenal offers an easy solution for you to create your own text and logo objects, and load them along with your video content into one of 3D Arsenal's over 750 pre-built scenes. 3D Arsenal is the perfect companion for every video editor that wants to add dazzling 3D imagery to a project without the hassle of learning complex 3D software because 3D Arsenal does the work for you!
Wedding/Event Ammo Pack (WEAP) which is an add-on for 3D Arsenal at just $150.
This is an add-on for 3D Arsenal owners. This package includes over 75 LightWave scenes along with objects, images and other content for creating stunning videos for weddings and events using the 3D Arsenal. WEAP will integrate into your existing 3D Arsenal content to give you seamless access to a variety of new content. Magazine covers come to life. Photo albums and...(read more)
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| Total Immersion displays D'FUSION |
Real-time Interaction with Video in a 3D world!
Now, D'FUSION® analyzes the live action images to determine the camera parameters and use this to drive the generation of the virtual graphics objects to be merged. This allows directors to have a direct access to final results as far as virtual objects are inserted in images in real-time and meet all the technical and artistic constraints (movement, reflection,…). Benefits:
•Decrease production costs
•Check results in real time
•Validate any changes while on set (cameras orientation, names..etc)...(read more)
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| FxFactory for Final Cut Studio 2 |
Noise Industries Ships FxFactory for Apple Final Cut Studio 2 |
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Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, today announced the availability of FxFactory 1.05 for Apple Final Cut Studio 2.
Noise Industries FxFactory for Apple Final Cut Studio 2 FxFactory for Apple Final Cut Studio 2 offers GPU accelerated, native visual effects plug-ins for Apple Final Cut Pro 6 and Apple Motion 3 running on Apple's new FxPlug architecture. The optimized FxFactory plug-in architecture provides maximum speed and performance for visual effects creation on both PowerPC and Intel-based Mac platforms. Other core FxFactory enhancements include a refined user interface and custom presets for fast – professional effects creation...(read more)
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| http://www.noiseindustries.com/ |
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| Artbeats New Release |
Artbeats Awakens Emotion with New Worship Footage |
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Artbeats, the industry's leading provider of high-quality royalty-free stock footage, today announced the release of three new high-definition worship collections: Protestants, Catholics and Worshippers. Protestants contains clips of singing, Bible reading, sermons and congregational scenes; Catholics features traditional scenarios of nuns, communion, holy water, and processions; and Worshippers contains imagery depicting men, women and children praying...(read more)
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| http://www.artbeats.com/ |
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| Sound-Ideas Mix VII |
Mix VII: For Perfect Productions, It's the Mix .... Everytime! |
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Mix VII is a breath of fresh air for the airwaves, an inspired new mix of sixty, thirty and fifteen second royalty free music tracks. With over twelve hundred tracks on twelve CDs, and a full thirteen hours of music from a variety of composers, Mix VII provides great buyout music in 16 high-demand categories, for any production music need....(read more)
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| http://www.sound-ideas.com/ |
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| Digital Hotcakes release HD Worship Series |
Reinforce your message and stay withing budget with Digital Hotcakes Worship Series-now in HD! |
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TriLab Productions has announced the release of their first products in HD -
Worship Series Volume 11 Mountains Majesty and Volume 12 Shining Sea. Shot
in Sony HDCAM 1080i, majestic mountain scenes and tranquil ocean and beach
scenes are the highlights of these new installments to the Digital Hotcakes
Worship Series. The stunning stock footage is available in both HD and SD
format. Each volume contains 20 clips great for use behind scripture, song
lyrics, and church announcements.
The Worship series products are offered at $49.95 per volume. Worship Series
Volumes 11 and 12 in HD are available for $69.95. They can be purchased
directly from Digital Hotcakes...(read more)
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| http://www.digitalhotcakes.com/ |
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Final Draft Discounts
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You have a story to tell. Use Final Draft to write it.
“Final Draft, Inc. educates, advances and celebrates the scriptwriter with a suite of offerings that include software, services, publications and events. Final Draft is the number-one selling word processor specifically designed for writing movie scripts, television episodes, and stage plays. Final Draft AV is the only dedicated full-featured scriptwriting software specifically designed for the professional writers of commercials, corporate and training videos...(read more)
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| http://www.finaldraft.com/ |
DVPA Members Save up to 60% Off! |
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FREE Certifications!
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Future Media Concepts, INC Special Offer
For a limited time, get FREE CERTIFICATION TESTING at Future Media Concepts! Now through June 30th, when you register for any certification course you can take the corresponding certification test FREE!
Be sure to mention code PRODHUB080, to take advantage of this $150 savings! |
http://www.fmctraining.com/ |
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Total Training Special
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Get the Entire Total Training Online: Adobe Library for FREE!
In celebration of our upcoming Total Training Online release, we're offering this once in a lifetime opportunity. For every purchase of $150* or more, you will receive the Total Training Online Adobe Library absolutely free for 1 year — that's over $1,000 worth of DVDs accessible online. |
| http://www.totaltraining.com/ |
Hurry! Offer expires soon! |
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PlasmaFX Special
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PlasmaFX 1.1 released, offers much improved speed, free upgrade, $99 special
PlasmaFX 1.0 was fast. PlasmaFX 1.1 is REALLY fast. With a newer Mac and proper video card, most of PlasmaFX's filters should be real-time (or very close to it) in FCP 5.1.4 +higher and Motion 2.0 +higher. They are close to real-time in After Effects. We have further optimized the filters for GPUs and the results are really incredible. Please go here for a short Request Form. |
| http://www.digitalanarchy.com/ |
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Disc Makers DVD Special
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Disc Makers drops DVD Prices!
The classic retail-ready package – faster and more affordable than ever. Our commitment to independent filmmakers includes giving you the highest quality DVD replication package at a low indie-friendly price. Because we manufacture every step of your DVD package in our factory, only Disc Makers can give you this great low price including all the necessary steps.
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| http://www.discmakers.com/ |
1000 DVDs in DVD cases are now just $1,290 - a $300 savings! |
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Create a Cooler LightBlast Filter in AE, by Jim Tierney
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Create a Cooler LightBlast Filter in After Effects
We're all familiar with the LightBlast filter, which takes the colors of an image and creates light streaks out of them. It essentially turns the main object into an explosion of light streaks. There's a variation of this filter in some plug-in packages that creates this effect, but only along the edges of the main object in the footage. This creates an effect that's a bit more subtle, as you can see in the examples.
Recreating this effect with AE's built-in filters is pretty straightforward. First, you need two copies of the original footage. You'll be using the Screen blend mode to put the light rays on top of the original footage, so make a copy of the footage that's on top of the original and select it...(read more) |
(submit your tips & tricks here) |
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| Getting the Most Out Of MPEG-2 with Apple Compressor, by Todd Gillespie |
Getting the Most Out of MPEG-2 with Apple Compressor
So you've finished making a great video on your editing system. Now you've got to get it out to your clients or audience so they can watch what you've created. Unless you've got access to your own theater where people can come from all over to enjoy it, you're going to need to get it into a format that people can watch on their own terms. Five or six years ago, most editors would lay their great video off onto a VHS tape, cry about the loss of quality, and move on.
In the current era of DVD and online delivery, giving a client a VHS tape seems as antiquated as communicating with a stone tablet and chisel. By now, most editors who have Compressor—either bundled with Final Cut Studio or DVD Studio Pro—will have had some experience with its applications. However, a lot of users are still unsure about how to get the...(read more) |
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| The B&H Guide to Boompoles, by Sam Mallery |
The B&H Guide to Boompoles
A boompole is a curious tool. It's a microphone stand that cannot stand. In essence, a boompole is crude and simplistic, yet the engineering and thought put into their design is great.
Once you've decided to purchase a boompole, you may be a bit taken aback when you first explore the available options. What tends to surprise people is that the starting price for boompoles is nearly $100 for inexpensive models and over $1000 for the most expensive ones. It just seems like a lot of money to pay for a stick. Invariably, people want to know one thing: what makes a boompole that much different from a broom pole? For starters...(read more) |
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| The DVPA Online University |
The DVPA Online University is the ultimate resource for learning DV applications without going into educational DEBT. This service covers all major software applications with full screen streaming video clips of step-by-step tutorial based training available on your desktop 24 hours a day/7 days a week. Each month, it is the goal of the DVPA to add to the list of courses offered at the Online University. This month we have added: |
Photoshop for Photographers - 3rd Ed. |
Adobe Encore DVD 2.0 |
Adobe Photoshop Image Restoration |
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DVPA Members get full access to all chapters for free! |
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| Plextor PX-B900A Blu-ray Disc Recorder, Reviewed by Hugh Bennet |
"When all is said and done, Plextor has put together a respectable package."
Promising a peerless high-definition video experience and oodles of removable storage space, Blu-ray Disc (BD) burners immediately command attention. But while hardware and blank media prices remain relatively high, such tools open a new world to hobbyists and fill an essential role for video professionals. Comparable in price ($999) to Pioneer's BDR-101A, but with a lot more going for it, Plextor's PX-B900A is a veritable Swiss army knife that reads and writes all currently available BD, DVD, and CD formats including 25GB single (SL) and 50GB dual-layer (DL) BD-R (recordable) and BD-RE...(read more) |
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| Web Video Summit 2007 |
Web Video Summit 2007
San Jose Marriott
June 27-28, 2007 |
If you create or distribute video for the web, you need to be there!
Today's internet is fast enough to watch video, and getting faster. Millions of people are creating video. The Web Video Summit is designed to be the hub of the video internet. It will bring together the new pioneers of this exploding industry. They will explain what you need to know about shooting, editing, encoding, distributing, and promoting internet video...(read more)
Save $200.00 as a DVPA member!
DVPA members will receive $200 of full conference or Expo Hall Only. |
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| Digital Video Expo East 2007 |
Digital VIdeo Expo East 2007
The Westin New York at Times Square
July 20-22, 2007 |
Where Talent Meets Technology
Digital Video Expo East provides the East Coast production, postproduction, and delivery technology marketplaces with an inside look behind the scenes of digital video. If you're an independent filmmaker, broadcaster, or play any role, big or small, in the professional video industry, you need to come to Digital Video Expo East to engage with the talent behind the cameras, see the tools powering next-generation productions, and hear case studies chronicling technology hits and misses...(read more)
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